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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-02-07, Page 1Delegation hopes to bring internalionql match hire make Hurt* County plowmen will tr'ong bid to bring the 1978 International PlO Match back to this area. Jim Aran- strong, RR 4, Winghatlll►, who has succeeded cordon McGavin of Walton AS Huron's director on the executive of the Ontario Blow- men's Association, has been organizing aidelegation to bring the Huron proposal before the, annual meeting of, the Ontario body,, Mi Word has been received by Mr. Armstrong that the delegation will be heard at 10 a.m.,.Tuesday, Feb. 19. Meeting place is the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Already More than 50 tram Huron have stgni;Sed their ..inteit- tion of going alb to back Huron', request as a site for the lute rnatianal. The big match was held in the Seaforth area in 1966 and despite very wet weather, drew a good attendance of both competitors and spectators, as well as the ''usual number of exhibitors,1 If you wish to go along- .as a mentber of the delegation, you are asked to contact Jim Arm- strong at 357-1651. The presenta- tion in Toronto will ask that the 1978 match be located near Wing - ham. Brussels area man hurt. in car -train collision The Wingham _detachment of the OPP is continuing its investi- gation into a car -train collision which occurred on Thursday at a CNR crossing on Sideroad 15-16 of Grey Township, near Brussels. Accident sends woman to hosp. A Wingham woman is in hos- pital in the wake ofan accident on Feb. 1 that injured another wo- man and did $1,800 damage to two cars involved. Miss Edna Carr, Wingham, was pulling into the intersection— of Alfred St. and Minnie St. when a car driven by Robert Osborne, RR 2,-Wingham, going south on Minnie St., struck her vehicle. . Miss Carr was taken to Wing - ham and District Hospital suffer- ing from a fractured rib, contu- sions and abrasions. She is listed in satisfactory condition. Mrs. Brenda Osborne, a passenger in her husband's car was treated in ,hospital for head abrasions and contusions.. She Was later re- leased. A Ari estimated $1,200 damages was-, done to the Carr auto and $400 to the Osborne car. On Jan. 30 twc small trucks' were involved in a $300 property damage. accident. A van owned by Vachon Ltd., Scarborough,' which was parked behind Burke Electric on Josephine St. while the driver was out of it, rolled for- ward and struck a pick-up truck owned by Robert Bromley of RR 1, Blyth. The van sustained about $175 in damages and the pick-up about $125. Town police report that they made four investigations under the Criminal Code and charges -are pending and issued one warn- ing under the Highway Traffic Act. Rll��l I� ALONG- THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedevlr{an By The Pedestrian The Wingham Cubs and Scouts remind everyone in town ' that they are holding a paper drive on March 30. Don't throw out those magazines and papers 'cause the boys can use all they can get their hands on. 0-0-0 PAPER THIEF— Someone in town has a voracious appetite for news. That someone or group of someones has been kidnapping local merchants' newspapers. If they're doing it to support the Cub and Scout paper drive may we suggest that theytpay for the papers first? 0-0--0 LIGHTS OUT!!!— It UT!!!--- It would seem that the traffic lights in town decided to enjoy a time of rest last Sunday and packed in for the day. But there is ne rest for the wicked and the lights were blinking away again by late Monday morning after some first aid from workmen. 0-0-0 TALENT TALENT HUNT— Well, the Lions' first pre- liminary talent show was held last week but there are two more to go, one at the end of this month and one at the end of March. Keep those entries coming. 0 0 0 SIRENS, SIRENS— The firemen were at it again on Tuesday. They were called to a 'chimney fire at . the home of Vernon Birky in Turn'berry 'Township, Fire Chief Dave Crothers reports that damage was very light and the fire quick- ly extinguished. INJUIiSS .seal �9 res residents t local lossiiitel Two area women are patients in the wham and District i- pital f honing two separate inci- dents which occurred last week. Mrs: Orma Wilson of Brussels suffered severe lacerations to her left hand when she caught her hand in a saw Wednesday on a of last week.. Her condition is now reported as satisfactory. Also in, satisfactory condition is Mrs. Anna Johnston of Lucknow who fell on Sunday andreceived a fracture of the left wrist. Other injuries treated in the emergency ward of the hospital included injuries to three children. On Tuesday of last week, Barry and Paul Elliott of RR 1, Luck now, were treated for lacerations to their hands and shoulders ewhen they accidentally went through a window in their parents' home. Leonard W'.. Lavelle of St The same day, 10 -year-old Marys and Clement J. Steffler of Beverly Lowther of RR 5, Brus- RR 3, Brussels were involved in eels, received injuries -to her foot the collision which resulted in when she was bitten by a pet damages estimated at $1200. raccoon. - . Mr. Steffler was brought to the All , children were released Wingham and District Hospital following emergency treatment. by ambulance, suffering shock, multi4acerations to his face and head and fractures to his shoulders. His condition, early this week, was described as satis- factory. Garry 0, German of Blyth was injured Tuesday of last ,week when a car he was driving was in- The• 147 teachers employed by volved in a collision with a the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic parked vehicle owned by Sheila Separate School Board returned M. Henry of RR 1, Blyth, which to their posts on Tuesday after was parked on Drummond Street being out of the schools in two in Blyth. Total damages were counties for two days. They were estimated at $2500. one of the three groups of- teach - On Thursday Mary E. Gibson ers in the province who failed to• of RR 1, Fordwich, was involved reach agreement with their in a single -car accident on Huron school boards before the Jan. 21 County Read 30, south of Con- . deadline. cession 6-7, Howick Township. The teachers .. had submitted There were no injuries, and their resignations to take effect damages were estimated at $250. at the end of the month and corn - During the week Jan. 28 to Feb. pleted their work on Thursday. 3, two persons were charged afternoon. However, Friday- and under the Liquor Cgntrol Act, 12 Monday were • designated as charges. Were Ial.under the teacher development days; so Highway. Traffic Act and t � t .1, _tbeere- was ne work persaif Who nIled:u rgender the •' etaippage-when agreem it • was Criminal Code sof Canada. " finally reached at the weekend. Two representatives of Wingharn PUC attended Moor day's town council meeting to get approval to go ahead with pm. for a new standpipe, PUC Superintendent Ken SW ton told council that even if present standpipe was repaired would still not be able to operate at full capacity. Mr. Saxton and Roy Bennett, the commissiOB chairman,informed council t; they are in favor of .prod with a 384,000 gallon stye+ concrete standpipe.: The present standpipe only holds 127,000 gal- Ions. Mr. Bennett explained that the fire underwriters who insure the town want about 500,000 gal-. Ions of storage. He went on to sale that although they Would like to. see that as above ground storage it is probable that with the •cell' crete standpipe and existing reed ervoir storage they would be sat- isfied. Some confusion arose about lose who suggested tI1e need for a new ;'standpipe when it was revealed .;that a company that builds them did the inspection on the old standpipe. Both. Mrr• Saxton and Mr. Bennett stressedthat to company was the only one in, the province as far as they could find that would do inspections. They , added that the Ministry �f the Environment eoneure with the need for a new standpipe for the town. , Mayor DeWitt Miller said that council knows the standpipe, has to be: replaced and they would b. e responsible 1f anything should Agreement reached :in board -teacher dispute Sixwinners are drawn in Festival of Values; • stores be sure to fill out an entry ticket and drop it in the box. A lovely prize may be yours next week. 'Participating merchants and businesses are: Triangle • Dis- count, Sunrise Dairy, Miller's Ladies' Wear, Wingham Service Centre, Wingham Sunoco Ser- vice, Bill Tiffin, Imperial Esso agent, McDonald's Bridal Bou- tique, Callan Shoes, Rac and Break Billiards, Hodgins -Mc- • Donald Lumber Ltd., Readman's Texaco Service, Burke Electric, • Wingham Drive-in Cleaners, Wingham Firestone Stores, Bridge Motors, The Decor Shoppe, < Jenny Wren Shoppe, Warren House, Middleton's' Home Furnishings, Stedman's, Vance's Rexall Drug Store, Gemini Jewellers, Daugherty , Pro Hardware, Chris Gosling Chev-Olds, Stainton's Hardware, McGee Auto Electric, C. E. Mac- Tavish Fina Service, Harris Sta- tionen y►, Lewis Flowers,ayes Family Clothing, Walter' De- partment Store, Hanna's Men's and Boys' Wear, R. A. Currie and Son Furniture, Readman Clean- ers, Bennett's' 5c to $1. The names of six more draw winners came out of the hat last Thursday as special shopping awards were determined ,in the Festival of Values promotion. Mrs: Bill Caslick won an elec- tric lectric hair dryer from ( Bennett's Store; Mrs. Helen Casemore, a set of steins from' Vance's Drugs.; Ken Carter, Bluevale, received a set of steins from Daugherty's Pro Hardware; Mrs. John q. Thompson, RR 4, Wingham won a lady's shaver set from Readman Cleaners and Bill Stapleton was .the winner of a set of knives from Hodgins McDenald Lumber. There was a sixth winner, but when it came right down to type-, setting time we found the last ticket had been misplaced.. We'll try to give you the name next week. Festival of Values, a mid -win- ter sales event, is now into its fourth week. Draws for prizes will continue each week until the Festival concludes at the end of this "month. • For really interesting buys, read the Festival of Values pages in this paper each week and when you shop in the participating A compromise was reached o the point of salaries. The teach* ers asked a 7.5 percent increase the board offered 7 percept. Pel' en "'; the accepted figure was 7.25 pe►i'-�~ cent. Minimum and maximum will increase from $5,500 - $13,000 to.. $5,900 - $14,890. The minimumsln: each of seven categories increase by $400 in the first year and other` salary bases will�be upped by 8.7 percent in the -first year. Minimum salary for any teach- er in the second year of the coni tract will be $6,200; - maximum . $15,97: 'rhe0settlement also included .a yr t clams to reaper ' rievane_. procediirei, ail lifers` ie in th board's share of hospitalization and group life insurance from 66.6 percent to 75 percent and a gratuity payment when a, teacher retires. Salaries paid to teaching sis- ters wilt be raised from 85 per- cent to 90 percent of those paid to lay teachers. • Prayer service to be held at Sacred Heart Ladies from the town churches finalized plans on Monday for the World Day of Prayer, at, •a meeting held in Sacred Heart parish hall. • This inter -faith service is part of a world-wide effort by Ywgmen to achieve understanding'. and a lasting peace. This year's serv- ice, with the theme„ "Make Us Builders of Peace", is the work of the ladies of Japan. The local service will be held at Sacred .Heart Church on Friday, March 1, at 2 p.m. The speaker will be Mrs. J. McConnell of Sea forth. Every effort will be made to accommodate those who at- tend. A nursery will be provided for women with young children and a fellowship hour will follow. . Ladies from all churches are encouraged to attend. • LORI GOODAI4. (jr.) and Karen Wood• (sr.) .were the first public speaking winners at Winghani Public School to win these trophies. The J. H. Kinkead trophy, donated to the school by a former_ inspector, was presented to Miss Goodall and the T: S. Beattie -trophy, donated by the school's former principal, was presented to Miss Wood after they placed first in their divisions at the school's competition on January 29. (Staff Photo) 1 haPpen tO it.: Commissioner Bennett ex. pained that the PVC is still W» log for PrleeS froM COMpanlet who build stressed concrete, .step and concrete tanks 'but they could give a rough estimate Of the. cost for a, ,standpipe .they would like to get. The seam they have in Mind would be 28''in diameter and 100 feet high and would cost $169,000. The superintendent toldentmcil that theaengineering firm ,fes ling. the overall operation would have to know by Feb, 15 .ate' or not to proceed withbrm otherwise it could not be .,gam• anteed that the new structure cd be built this year. Mr Bennett said itmay =belies essary to raise water rates to pay for the standpipe, no matter that, kind was • built, but Wing's= would still .have among the lowest rates in the area in that event. He pointed outthat Walkerton ,pays about three times the Witt, ' rates. , Council gave its .appra"" secure price on various types structures and to proceed wit tentative plans. Ki��t1e �h plleits 5740 fir Ability Fisi Members of the Wingham Kin- ette Club on 'Monday .eVening raised about $740for the Ability Fund (March of Dines) as they made a door-to-door earitisss sof the Wingham andBluevale fir- • This is a' slight increase:the amount collected last year.: The Dinettes 'whish to that*. the people of Winghr m•ant vale whit gave heir time canvtrssµat su . het` s gratitude goes to The Advance - Times for the great publicityand to Connie Robinson for offering her home as headquarters. If you were missed in the Mon- day evening canvass and would rr like to donate to this worthy cause,. you may call Shirley Hanula at 357-2405 and she .will arrange for ,your donation to be collected-. raise planter trees Wingham council has decided to go into the "tree farm". bus- iness and has given a $200 grant to Dan Webster at F. E. Madill to buy trees which the town may use in their tree planting program. Mr. Webster's proposal was ' that the town grant $200 to buy trees to be used at the school for -classes involved in a tree nursery project there. When the trees have matured enough they can be used by the town for planting. Mr. Webster would buy the kinds of trees that are used in the town's program. Councillor Jack Hayes said that in effect council. was being asked "to buy shares in a tree farm." Councillor Jack Bateson wanted to know how much the present planting program costs the town. He was informed that it. costs $20 per tree, but that in- cludes planting arid replacement of trees that do not take. Mr. Webster could obtain trees for as little as $1.30 each but his plan does not necessarily provide planting. He did say some stud- ents could be used to plant trees if council desired, No decision was, made as to who will plant the trees but council cameacross with the $200 ,grant. • THE SIX DANCING PUPPETS from Mildmay step -danced their way into the Lions' "Show of Stars" last Thursday by making it into the top four acts at the first preliminary talent show. They were one of 11 acts in Thursday's show and both the judges and the audience seemed quite taken with their performance. (Staff Photo) Another visitor to council ex- plained a proposal for a county- wide taxi system that would include Wingham if a license could be obtained from the town. Mr. • Schoonbeek, one of the principals in e . scheme, ,told council that cabs would be dis- patched by a two-way radio sys- tem centred in Clinton. Froin there the company would radio cars in the vicinity of a call. Mr. Schoonbeek was asked how much fares for such a service would be. He told council there would be a basic pick-up charge of 60 cents and 40 cents for each mile. That would mean a fare be- tween 90 cents to a $1.10 for a ride that began and ended within the town limits. Councillor Bill Harris said that Wingham is' in need of a reliable service. He e, plained that there are several "bootleg" taxis in town that are not licenced and al- though he agreed that the situa- tion must be changed he stressed that without these, operations a lot of people in town wouldn't be getting any service. Council decided to deliberate on the proposal ,further and told Mr, Schoonbeek they would Iet him know when' a decision had been made. INTERNATIONAL - Council made a $50 grant to the Huron Ploughmen's Association and expressed support for the as- sociation's bid to make Huron County the host of the Interna- tional Ploughng Match in 1978. Deputy Reeve Harold Wilde felt that the match would mean a lot to the area. It is "rumored that one of the sites for the match could be just outside the town. It was also decided that Councillor Marg Bennett be endorsed as Wing - ham's representative on the pro- ject. ° A request by St. Andrew's Church that the town light the thruway which extends down the side of the church between Josephine St. and Centre St. was turned down by council. • Councillor Bennett suggested that if the town lights the thruway it will probably be asked to light half the back alleys in town. Reeve Joe \Kerr concurred and pointed out that churches don't pay taxes to the town. He thought that council should wait until they do before undertaking such •a pro- ject. Clerk Bill Renwick announced , that the provincial road subsidy for the town this year would be $11,900 ''for construction and 816,000 for maintenance. There is however a supplementary sub- sidy that the town can apply for. Council agreed ' that the town should immediately apply for the supplement. COMMITTEES Council then moved on to com- mittee reports. Councillor Ben- nett's financial report was pres- ented and accepted. The budget was overspent by some $7,000 which council considered al- lowable, but the fianance com- mittee chairman suggested that another look be taken at the over- spending after the annual audit. Police committee chairman Bill Harris 'told council that On- tario Police Week will be held be- tween May 12 and 18 this year and he asked council if the armouries could be made available to the police at that time. The police plan to allow the public into the facilities at the station for tours of the offices and cells etc. Mr. Harris explained that both the town police and the OPP will be involved in Police Week ac- tivities. Public works chairman Joe Kerr was upset by a letter sent to The Advance -Times complaining about the breakdown of the snow- plow. Mr. Kerr said that he had personally taken the plow down to Preston to be checked and at that time there was nothing wrong. He -criticized the press for running stories on the garbage situation and the snowplow inci- dent but not running anything on the positive side of what his de- partment' was doing. Mr. Kerr re -iterated a sug- gestion he made late last year that people wanting trees re- moved or having good reasons why trees marked for removal should be left intact, contact the town. He said it would be almost impossible for his department to .o knocking on every door to find out what people want to do with their trees. FIRE DEPT. Fire committee chairman Tim Willis read a letter from Fire Chief Dave Crothers to council. In the letter the chief explained that the new tanker true will be delayed in ..delivery. He also ex- pressed his opinion that a pro - Sr. Citizens get grant for drop -gin centre. Health and Welfare Minister Marc Lalonde last week an- nounced approval . of . a :federal government grant to help finance a special project undertaken by a group of retired people in Wing - ham. The 'grant was made under the government's New Horizons pro- gram to groups of retired people in the area to help those who are retired to return to an active life. This year alone more than $9,967,887 have been awarded to retired groups in Canada. The grant for $6,653 has been awarded to Wingham Senior Citizens, to fix up, furnish and equip the former armoury as a senior citizens' drop-in centre. posed Huron County central fire dispatch system may not be in the interests of the town. It would necessitate a fulltime fire bri- gade in lieu of the present vol- unteer brigade, as well as chang- es in the equipment now being used. Chief Crothers had nothing but priase for the ;nen of his bri- gade and the job they perform. The chief further informed coun- cil that the dispatch system ques- tion is now in the hands of the provincial Fire Marshal's office. Councillor Hayes pointed out that fire insurance rates reflect the 'level of fire protection in the province and he noted that Wing - ham's rates are almost the lowest he has ever seen. Councillor Hayes expressed doubt, in his industrial com- mittee report, that the food pro- cessing plant given recent public- ity in the press would locate here. Mayor Miller concurred, saying that he had been in touch with the company doing the survey and he was told that the town is near the bottom of the list, mainly because, the plant would need gas which the town can't provide.